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Analysis-A change of style? UK's Johnson fights for political survival

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to shake up operations in his 10 Downing Street office to try to survive his gravest crisis yet over boozy events held at the heart of power during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Londoners fined £1.5m for Covid lockdown gatherings amid Downing Street Partygate scandal

More than £1.5 million in fines have now been handed to Covid-19 rule-breakers prosecuted in London.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2022

Dumfries and Galloway MP says Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to have his "full support"

Alister Jack believes the Prime Minister should stay following Sue Gray's interim report on lockdown gatherings at Downing Street

Daily Record · Feb 3, 2022

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Cross-party MPs demand review of Covid fines and prosecutions amid Partygate

Innocent people have been wrongly criminalised as allegations of law-breaking engulf Downing Street, campaigners say

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Partygate: The Downing Street parties Boris Johnson attended - with 6 probed by police

Police will issue Partygate fines to 20 people found to have broken Covid rules at lockdown-busting events - but Boris Johnson is not expected to be involved in the first round. Here's what you need to know

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2022

Boris Johnson accused of 'treating taxpayers as an ATM machine'

The Prime Minister also batted away questions over the Downing Street 'partygate' scandal in a grilling at PMQs on Tuesday

Chronicle Live · Feb 2, 2022

PM may have attended as many as six events in timeline being probed by police

Reports have suggested Boris Johnson was seen heading to his Downing Street flat the night of an alleged party in November 2020.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

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Third Tory MP calls for no confidence vote in PM – as it happened

Gary Streeter becomes latest Tory MP to put letter into 1922 Committee; Labour says Gove plans to ‘turbo-charge the country’ are ‘rehashed’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

Partygate: What happens next for Covid-19 rule-breakers?

The focus of the Partygate scandal has now shifted to the Metropolitan Police as officers investigate 12 alleged gatherings in Downing Street and Whitehall across a year of the pandemic.

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2022

Police need time to complete Downing Street party inquiry - Gove

British minister Michael Gove on Wednesday said police should be given time to investigate after further reports emerged of parties at Boris Johnson's Downing Street residence during lockdown, adding questions on the prime minister's future were hypothetical.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

What is missing from the Sue Gray report? Boris Johnson not mentioned once in update

Civil servant says she is ‘extremely limited in what I can say’

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Covid briefing: Seven things you need to know as Boris Johnson faces new claims over 'Abba-themed' party

A Cardiff University student has spoken about her 'frustration' after being taken to court for holding a lockdown party with 17 people and threatened with a £2,000 fine

Wales Online · Feb 2, 2022

Sue Gray report: What Downing Street parties are the Met Police investigating?

Boris Johnson’s birthday party, gathering in Downing Street flat and several Christmas celebrations confirmed to be in police probe

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Boris Johnson 'attended prosecco-fuelled leaving do during third national lockdown'

Merely weeks after cancelling Christmas, Johnson attended leaving bash where staff downed prosecco and he delivered a speech

Chronicle Live · Feb 2, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2022

Boris Johnson 'attended Abba party in Downing Street being probed by police'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was at a Downing Street party where Abba songs blared out and is now being investigated by police, with Dominic Cummings claiming there is photo evidence, it is reported

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Boris Johnson ‘gave speech at No 10 leaving do’ during third Covid lockdown, report claims

PM also faces new claim he attended party in his Downing Street flat on night of Cummings’s exit

Manchester Evening News · Feb 1, 2022

Boris Johnson accused of attending 'prosecco-fuelled leaving do' during national lockdown

Boris Johnson allegedly went to the gathering which was held in Downing Street on January 14

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2022

Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson amid claims he went to ’prosecco-fuelled’ lockdown leaving do

PM said to have attended ‘prosecco fuelled’ event listed in Sue Gray’s report into parties

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Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2022

Dominic Cummings 'has been told' there are photos of party in Boris Johnson's flat

The PM's former top advisor claims there are photos of Boris Johnson at events that are under investigation by police - and says he has been told that there are photos of a party in his Downing Street flat

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2022

UK Lawmaker Calls for Johnson to Resign, Submits No-Confidence Letter

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should resign, a lawmaker in his Conservative Party said on Twitter, announcing he had submitted a letter of no confidence. Johnson has so far weathered calls to quit over parties held in his Downing Street residence and office during coronavirus lockdowns. "After a great deal…

Wales Online · Feb 1, 2022

Public will be told if Boris Johnson is fined over partygate lockdown breaches

Downing Street has said the information would be made public, despite concerns it would remain secret

Daily Record · Feb 1, 2022

‘You’re fooling nobody PM, it’s time to leave’ - MP calls for Boris Johnson to quit over Sue Gray report findings

Stirling’s MP has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quit as he faces mounting pressure after the publication of a report into lockdown breaking parties at Downing Street were deemed to be “difficult to justify”. The initial findings of the S

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022

Public will be told if Johnson is fined over partygate, No 10 says

Downing Street acknowledged there is ‘significant public interest’ in knowing whether Boris Johnson broke the law.

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2022

Boris Johnson pledges to 'fix' Downing Street after partygate – but this is a failure of his leadership

“I get it and I will fix it,” declared Boris Johnson in parliament as he delivered his response to the initial findings from an inquiry into partying at Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns. After weeks of frenzied criticism and emotional responses from the public about their own suffering during the…

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022

Public may not be told if Johnson fined for partygate Covid rule breaches

Downing Street said it was for Scotland Yard to say whether fines were issued, but police do not routinely identify those hit with fixed penalties.

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